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Thunderstorm Wind in Wheeler County, Georgia

Thunderstorm Wind June 28, 2018 · Wheeler County, Georgia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$4K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Wheeler County 911 center reported several trees and power lines blown down across the Glenwood Community.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms, associated with another in a series of short waves traversing the region in a persistent northwesterly upper-level flow pattern resulted in widespread reports of damaging wind gusts across north Georgia through the morning hours and into central Georgia during the afternoon. Isolated flash flooding resulted from high rainfall rates and training storms.

Began near Glenwood (32.1877, -82.6852).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 765024. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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